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Colorado's top thinkers of 2012: Technology

Posted:
01/12/2013 12:01:00 AM MST

Updated:
01/13/2013 09:39:51 AM MST

Last month, we asked Denver Post readers and staff to help us come with a list of great thinkers in Colorado, folks whose accomplishments or ideas made them stand out as we looked back at the year's events. Post editors narrowed the list of dozens down to these winners. (Have a different opinion? Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below this article.) Technology

WINNER:

Esri.com, an online company that put together social media maps that were among the most popular items on denverpost.com during last summer's wildfires. The Redlands, Calif., company (with an office in Broomfield) provided a continuously updated map of U.S. wildfire locations, perimeters, fire potential areas, global burn areas, and precipitation. Readers were able to see the real-time effects of the fires via social media posts, photos and videos. (bit.ly/XkKigh)